The Borno State 2019 PDP
Gubernatorial Aspirant, Comrade Grema Terab has called for the immediate
release of his wife, Hajiya Saadatu Muhammad, who was arrested and
detained by the police for 17 days with no charges yet.
21 other family members were also arrested after a political meeting in Maiduguri on Sunday 15th April, 2018.
Comrade Terab was former Executive
Chairman, Borno State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA under the
administration of Governor Kashim Shettima.
Grema, who made the call while
speaking to newsmen in Maiduguri last Sunday, said that the presiding
Magistrate, Justice Binta Othman, repeatedly denied her bail despite the
Police and Borno Ministry of Justice continually flaunted her orders.
According to Terab, the arrest
happened following an alleged disturbance by some miscreants who came to
his premises to attack people over one hour after a successful
completion of a meeting between him and his political supporters.
He said that his wife, who, despite
being heavily pregnant, was taken away by the police amidst pleas from
family members present.
Terab also revealed that his wife
subsequently lost her pregnancy on Monday while in police detention due
to her maltreatment and careless handling by men of the force.
The entire incident, he said,
appeared to be a clear set up to smear his image by some political
enemies who claim that he organized a meeting where a person was
stabbed.
He noted that the move was probably
due to the fact that some politicians were increasingly getting
uncomfortable with his rising profile in the state.
“I am at a loss as to why my wife was arrested by the police nearly two hours after a successful completion of a meeting with my political associates in which the police themselves were present to provide security.“It is even more surprising that the same police that provided security during the meeting later came back to arrest my wife after we had completed and dispersed from the venue of meeting.
"I was the one that alerted the police about the disturbance but yet they chose to arrest my wife who has now lost her pregnancy. They want to even make it seem as if they advised me against the meeting. This is false and very painful,” Grema said.
Terab added that the continued
detention of his wife and family members for over 10 days by the Borno
state command of the Nigerian Police Force over trumped up allegations
was illegal, especially as those involved in the incident have been
arrested by the police.
He further appealed to the
Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, to quickly intervene by
directing the Borno State Commissioner of Police, CP Damian Chukwu to
release his wife, Hajiya Saadatu Mohammed and all those arrested by the
Police at his residence.
Terab explained also that he had
also decided to take the issue to the headquarters of PDP and also head
to court to effect his wife’s release. He also accused some politicians
in Borno state of trying to silence opposition despite the failure of
governance in the state.
“We will not be deterred by the antics of those who think that they can use state apparatus to intimidate and silence opposition to the misrule and injustice in our country,” Terab said.
Meanwhile, other relatives and friends have taken to Facebook to start a #freeSa' a ampaaign..
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